The 11th Region was the first to decide its champion on Friday. Thirteen region finals were played on Saturday. Only the two ends of the state — the 1st Region and the 16th Region — are left to be decided.

Below you’ll find brief recaps and/or facts about the 14 completed championships as well as previews of the other remaining region finals.

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Mayfield 56, McCracken County 44: The Cardinals made the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1992 by knocking off last year’s region champ.

2ND REGION (Saturday at Madisonville)

Madisonville 81, University Heights Academy 68: The Maroons qualified for their first Sweet Sixteen since 2001 and ended the prep career of KyKy Tandy, a UHA standout who’s signed with Xavier University. Tandy ended his high school career with 3,363 points, the second-most in 2nd Region history and what would be eighth-most in the KHSAA record book.

3RD REGION (Saturday at Owensboro Sportscenter)

Owensboro 63, Breckinridge County 57 (OT): The Red Devils are going to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2015 — when they won their fourth title — and for the 44th time, growing their own state record.

4TH REGION (Saturday at E.A. Diddle Arena)

Warren Central 56, Bowling Green 52: The Dragons avenged back-to-back losses to the Purples and defended their 4th Region title. “It took us a while to find our rhythm and find our peace with each other as far as ‘I know where he’s gonna be, I know where he’s gonna be,’” Warren Central Coach William Unseld told reporters on site. “It’s great. I knew it was gonna take us a while. I told ’em I wasn’t worried about our record. I don’t care about the record. We’re 20-12 now but we get to go to Rupp Arena.”

Walton-Verona 60, Oldham County 51: The Bearcats won their their seventh straight game and claimed their first Sweet Sixteen trip since 1942, when their program was only Walton. Garrett Jones (16), Xavier signee Dieonte Miles (15) and Kam Pardee (12) all ended in double-digit scoring for the Bearcats, who were in the region final for the first time in 33 years.

9TH REGION (Saturday at BB&T Arena)

Covington Catholic 64, Beechwood 47: The Colonels defeated Beechwood for the first time this season after dropping two earlier games to the Tigers. CovCath, last year’s state champion, will rematch with Scott County — whom it defeated in last year’s state title game — in the first round. Bellarmine University commit Nick Thelen scored 22 points on 9-for-9 shooting and had seven rebounds to lead CovCath.

10TH REGION (Saturday at Mason County)

Campbell County 61, Clark County 49: The Camels repeated as region champs after recovering from an eight-point halftime deficit. Reid Jolly had 22 points and 13 rebounds to lead Campbell County.

11TH REGION (Friday at McBrayer Arena)

Scott County 58, Henry Clay 38: Mr. Basketball finalist Michael Moreno had 13 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks to lead Scott County to its third straight 11th Region title. The Cardinals, the top-ranked team in the state, eliminated the state’s No. 9 team (Madison Central), No. 10 team (Frankfort) and No. 2 team (Henry Clay) to make it back to the Sweet Sixteen, in which they’ve been eliminated by the eventual state champion each of the last two seasons.

12TH REGION (Saturday at Lincoln County)

Lincoln County 63, Danville 45: Less than a day after surviving a five-overtime bout with Wayne County in the semifinals, the Patriots shot a blistering 57.1 percent from the floor to cruise in the final. Lincoln County will play in the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2008. Jaxon Smith and Blake Smith led the Patriots with 15 points apiece.

Perry County Central 53, Hazard 48: The Commodores won their second region title in the last three years by defeating the Hazard for the fourth time this season.

15TH REGION (Saturday at East Kentucky Expo Center)

Johnson Central 66, Pikeville 61: Isaiah May had 19 points and eight rebounds while Jacob Rice added 15 points and eight assists to lead the Golden Eagles to their first region title since 2015, which capped a streak of four straight.

16TH REGION (Sunday at Johnson Arena)

Ashland Blazer 59, Boyd County 43: Blazer last made the Sweet Sixteen in 2002, and ended that streak by defeating the Lions, last year’s region champs and against whom they’d dropped back-to-back meetings, including a two-point overtime loss in the 64th District championship.

Josh Moore is a digital sports reporter who specializes in preps coverage. He’s in his fourth year reporting for the Lexington Herald-Leader, where he’s been employed since 2009. Moore graduated with a B.A. in Integrated Strategic Communication and English from the University of Kentucky in 2013.